Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival

Jenny & Grace planned to take us to the Cape today for our “beach day,” but the weather showed rain rolling across the Hyannis area, so we opted for the Revere Beach instead.

Established in 1896, Revere Beach was the first public beach in the U.S.; http://reverebeach.com/ It has also been the site of an annual sand sculpting competition. The 9th Annual Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival was held this year Thursday, July 12–Sunday, July 15. While we missed the activities associated with the festival — http://reverebeachpartnership.com/sandsculpting/ — most of the sculptures were still [mostly] intact by our arrival today on July 19.

This year’s winners: http://reverebeach.com/2012-winners-sandsculpting-festival/

Is it real sand? Yes!
Is there any structure inside? No!
Is it Revere Beach sand? Uh, no; read more: http://reverebeachpartnership.com/sandsculpting/event-information/

Note. Again, I did set the date-and-time on my new P&S, but I obviously set the time after noon with a before-noon time; this shot was not taken at almost-11 p.m. the evening before!

Breakfast in Medford: Café Déia, http://cafedeia.net/
Lunch in East Boston: pizza at Kelly Square Pub, http://www.kelleyssquarepub.com/
Exercise today: None.

A year ago (“Uninsured driver and parked vehicle…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-19

[Lisa Pouncy]

How incredible that they can do that with sand. Excellent shot xx

[Jennifer]

Great shot and they're amazing! Well caught.

[Jean Tookey]

A great shot. There are some very clever artists there.

[Michelle]

Oh wow they are amazing

[Rick Schies]

Those who can do these sculptures fascionate me to no end. It is amazing what they can do.

[Joyce Wells]

I saw photos of these sculptures on the news and they looked amazing! Too bad the weather spoiled your trip to the Cape!